175-pound Tumor Removed From Woman In Romania

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January 22, 2004

BUCHAREST, Romania -- A team of Romanian and U.S. doctors said Wednesday that they had successfully removed a tumor weighing 175 pounds from a female patient in an operation lasting 10 hours. Lucica Bunghez, 47, had been largely confined to bed because of the tumor, which weighed almost double her body weight and covered her back, waist and hips. The medical team said it was the second-largest tumor ever to be surgically removed.